Functional Medicine University Dr. Joe Mercola Story at-a-glance Grounding or earthing is defined as placing one’s bare feet on the ground, whether it be dirt, grass, sand or unsealed, unpainted concrete (especially when humid or wet) When you ground to the electron-enriched Earth, an improved balance of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system occurs Being […]
A Guest Post from Scott Sanders of cancerwell.org… Most of us know someone who has battled cancer, yet when you become the person facing a cancer diagnosis, you may feel caught off guard and afraid of what the future holds. It’s called “battling” cancer for a reason—there’s no denying that cancer leaves you feeling […]
A company worth $ 46,000,000,000 (that’s 46 billion dollars!) may soon go broke. How can that be? Who cares? Well… we all need to care. HERE’S THE STORY… A company that probably EVERYONE has heard of recently was bought out. That company was Monsanto. Monsanto produced the weed […]
Pain and suffering have reached epidemic proportions in our country. More than 100,000,000 Americans experience chronic pain. Every year, enough pain pill prescriptions are written to medicate every man, women and child in the country for over a month. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), over 130 die every single […]
Little thought is usually given to pillows. It’s the last thing most people’s heads touch when going to bed. Is a pillow really necessary? What to look for in a pillow? Which pillow is best – especially for chronic neck pain sufferers? We’ve got all the answers… IS IT BEST TO SLEEP WITHOUT […]
It seems that everywhere one turns, there’s someone selling a CBD product. It is often talked about in the mainstream media – with stories of how awesome it is. They make it sound like CBD is a cure-all for whatever ails a person. But is this really true? The biggest worry among newbie CBD […]
There has been lots of buzz about kratom lately. This botanical substance is often used to get people off hard drugs like heroin and opioids. Lately it has been labeled as potentially dangerous by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Why? Because despite its effectiveness at curbing addiction to certain drugs – there […]
So… what is Functional Medicine anyway? Who’s heard of it? What’s it good for? Can my doctor use that on me? SEE IF THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR… Here’s how modern medicine works these days. Someone calls their doctor because they have a problem – let’s say neck pain. The doctor visit […]
Most of us start the morning in a typically chaotic fashion. The kids need a stick of dynamite to get them out of bed and on time to school. The adults run around like headless chickens getting the kids ready and preparing for their day as best they can. The one thing that usually suffers […]
It’s a battle of good versus evil. Possibly a fight between the Rebel Alliance and the Empire. Think of it as a death match between the weak and the strong. What on earth are we talking about? The battle going on inside the gut of every human being on the planet. This is no trivial […]
